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mandible

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A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mandible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandible ]

Synonyms: mandibulla, mammaliam mandible, inferior maxillary bone

Term info

database cross reference
  • CALOHA:TS-2225
  • EFO:0001965
  • EHDAA:8007
  • EHDAA2:0001059
  • BTO:0001748
  • NCIT:C12290
  • UMLS:C0024687 (ncithesaurus:Mandible)
  • Wikipedia:Human_mandible
  • SCTID:181812008
  • EMAPA:18290
  • galen:Mandible
  • MESH:D008334
  • GAID:68
  • MA:0001487
  • FMA:52748
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000007

mandibular

UBPROP 0000012

Note in ZFA 'mandible' is a syn for the ventral mandibular arch, which is a portion of the 1st pharyngeal arch; however the term 'mandibular symphysis' refers to the dentary

UBPROP 0000013

'mandible' also refers to either the upper OR lower part of the beak in birds

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray176.png

editor note

consider merging with dentary - for now we make it a mammal-specific subclass.

has related synonym

mandibula, mandibular series

has broad synonym

lower jaw, lower jaw bone

has narrow synonym

lower mandibula

id

UBERON:0001684

prefLabel

Mandible